Ethnicity and academic performance in UK trained doctors and medical students: Systematic review and meta-analysis

BMJ

Volumn 342, Issue 7797, 2011, Pages 584-

  Woolf, Katherine ^a   Potts, Henry W W ^b   McManus, I C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; CAUCASIAN; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNICITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PROFESSION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNITED KINGDOM;

CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 79952494508     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.d901     Document Type: Review

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